Editorial

The Formation of Joint Orthopedic Congress of Medical Universities in Tehran City, Iran: Hopes and Worries

Abstract

The modern human society is continuously becoming more and more complex and interconnected, thanks to advanced sources of communication, social mobility and international relations. Huge amount of science and data is one of the products of this complex human system, which stress the quality of information transfer and education for all and also derives socio-cultural evolution. Scientific societies is one of the crucial parts of socio-cultural evolution by their creative role (Klüver, 2008). Scientists’ role as the members of professional society is becoming more sub-specialized and at the same time, more relied on other sub-specialized members of the system, to keep the system running together.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.18502/jost.v5i3.4285
Keywords
Organizations; Congresses as Topic; Societies, Scientific

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Kamrani RS, Zanjani L, Ghane B. The Formation of Joint Orthopedic Congress of Medical Universities in Tehran City, Iran: Hopes and Worries. J Orthop Spine Trauma. 2020;5(3):56-7.